Classics

[Christ declared] “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” (John 15:13). “…Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her” (Eph. 5:25). “We love Him because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19). [The bride expressed her love for the Bridegroom] “Set me as a…

There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Galatians 5: 22,23, “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance.” What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. Paul tells us that they are the fruit of…

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 KJV) …Two things are said by Christ in this tenth chapter of John: He gives his life for the sheep (John 10:11,15,17), and…

[A classic commentary on Revelation gives this exposition of 5:9-14–the concluding praise choruses of an apocalyptic vision of the exalted Son of God in heaven. May we sincerely echo this worship of our glorious Redeemer.] “Worthy are You To take the Book, And to open the seals thereof, Because You were slain And did purchase…

[The reader will observe that the term “Second Blessing” may or may not be used, but the pattern of entering into identification with Christ by faith is a much need blessing. Technically, the “life hid with Christ in God (Col. 3:1-4) is the personal appropriation of the blessings given spiritually at the new birth (Eph.…

“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’” Isaiah 41:10 [Paul declared, “…for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased,…

If we would be [spiritually] enlarged we must accept all that God sends us as His own divinely appointed means of developing and expanding our spiritual life. We are so content to abide on the old plane that God has often to compel us to rise to a higher level by bringing us face to…

. “The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, the wicked does not understand such concern” (Proverbs 29:7). After the first murder, God went to Cain and inquired about Abel. “Where is your brother?” He asked the guilty man. With his reply, Cain displayed a total self-centeredness and disregard for others. “Am I…

“For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me…

The Perils Of The Objective Apprehension But there are perils associated even with that blessed truth, because it is only one side of the truth. It is the first side; it is the thing which must come first, but it is only one side, and therefore it is just possible to make salvation one-sided by…